The defender confronted the Turkish official after his decision to send off Nani during the Champions League last-16 match against Real Madrid which United lost 3-2 on aggregate.

Cakir, however, has decided not to take any further action against Ferdinand, although United will face a rap for Sir Alex Ferguson’s media snub.

A Uefa spokesman said: ‘From the report we have received from the referee we will not take any action apart from the disciplinary proceedings against Manchester United for the red card of Nani and for post-match media obligations not being fulfilled.’

Uefa’s rules on post-match media obligations state: ‘Both clubs must make their manager/head coach available for this press conference.

‘All players of both teams are obliged to pass through the mixed zone in order to conduct interviews with the media. Players must fulfil interview requests from audiovisual rights holders before conducting interviews for their club media platforms.’

Fuming United manager Sir Alex Ferguson refused to speak to any media following the match, as did all of his players.